The American section of the Jewish Agency for the first time today placed a paid advertisement in the general press here, warning against unauthorized campaigns for Israel. Contributors are urged to examine carefully the claims put forward by groups other than the United Jewish Appeal.
Emphasizing that the main channel for American Jewry’s philanthropic support of Israel is the United Jewish Appeal, the Agency advertisement says that certain other authorized organizations with established traditions of constructive work in Israel can legitimately lay claims to public support in the United States.
“But,” the Agency warns, “occasionally individuals and organizations launch new campaigns in behalf of Israel enterprises of special and limited character. These enterprises are not always constructive and the claims put forward on their behalf are not always warranted by the facts.”
The announcement points out that the Jewish Agency set up a year ago a special committee on the control and authorization of campaigns for the purpose of investigating all proposed campaigns in behalf of Israel with a view to establishing the validity of their claims and their general usefulness. It urges contributors to check with this committee whenever they are in doubt about any organization other than the United Jewish Appeal.
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